Could baseline skill be confounded by effects of pressure?

Hey guys, loving the live blogs!

Matt’s post about the adjustments made to a player’s baseline skill based on how course fit (and wave split) can confound their performance in prior rounds made me wonder: could the pressure effects also potentially confound baseline skill estimates?

Is it possible that for players like Scottie & Ben Griffin who have been leading or near the lead frequently as of late that this could lead to under-estimating their baseline skill?

I believe that if a player leads after Round 3 then we would expect their total True SG to be +0.4 higher in Round 4 than it actually was. Not sure if this would end up making a huge difference when estimating baseline skill (perhaps only in extreme cases where guys have been leading a lot recently).

Glad you enjoying the live blog!

Yes, you are correct that pressure effects could work in the same way… I’m not sure why we decided not to include them in these adjustments. There must have been a logic to it but I’ll need to think about it a bit more.